Philadelphia’s Jazmine Sullivan’s new song, “Stand Up” is featured in the new Emmett Till biopic.
On October 14, when the wrenching racially-driven story of Emmett Till – a 14-year-old African American child tortured and lynched in 1955 Mississippi – is brought to film by director and co-screenwriter Chinonye Chukwu with Till, its end credits will come with a familiar voice: that of Philadelphia’s R&B Grammy-winning vocalist and composer Jazmine Sullivan.
Just announced, Sullivan and fellow Grammy winner Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II have concocted the elegiac, yet heroic “Stand Up,” a moment so powerful it is already being fast-tracked as a possible Oscar contender for best original song, as it paints a portrait of Till’s mother Mamie Till Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) and her fight for justice.
Along with a submission for Academy Awards consideration, the track will be released on October 7 on all streaming services.
D’Mile has already received his flowers after becoming the first songwriter in Grammy history to win song of the year two years in a row, with H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” in 2021 and Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” in 2022, and an Oscar for best original song for 2021’s Judas and the Black Messiah tune, “Fight for You,” with H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas. Philly’s Sullivan, of course, won her first Grammys for best R&B performance (“Pick Up Your Feelings”) and best R&B album (Heaux Tales) earlier this year.
Of the Till story and “Stand Up,” the press legend of the film quotes Sullivan as saying, “I’m honored to be able to contribute to such a powerful film about such a historic and tragic moment in American history. I believe that part of my purpose is to give space for stories that are often ignored and silenced; the Black experience in particular. So, I’m glad that the story of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till is being told so generations old and young can be educated and inspired to make a change. I hope that after people see this film, they’ll be moved to stand up against the racism we are still facing today.”
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